Hey i tried gfx as a weapon but Cloyd said it needed shading im not sure how to shade any one got any tipes for me please?  

Tizzee is a great pixel artist on these forums and he did a nice shading tutorial right here:http://www.graalians.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1914  

It wont let me watch it  

It's practically just making the certain parts of a hat a little bit lighter of darker to make it more realistic  

Posted by peter5498

It's practically just making the certain parts of a hat a little bit lighter of darker to make it more realistic

Well... Both of you do need to learn something about shading:

Shading is basically reflecting the light on a sprite from a certain point of the view. Pretend you're the sun looking at a sprite face to face. The front of the sprite will be lighter while the back of the sprite would be darker.

True, it does make some sprites more realistic but it actually gives in detail. Sprites without shading are mostly critiqued.

Theres different types of shading so look at them all if you can and prefer which one you want to do  

recolor dark blue to dark green and light blue to light green (if ur recolorinng blue to green)  

I would recommend this pixel art tutorial. http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat/ It's what I started off with. I'd also recommend using GIMP if you still use paint.net.  

Posted by Kondie

I would recommend this pixel art tutorial. http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat/ It's what I started off with. I'd also recommend using GIMP if you still use paint.net.

What's wrong with paint.net?  

Posted by Maikeru

Well... Both of you do need to learn something about shading:

Shading is basically reflecting the light on a sprite from a certain point of the view. Pretend you're the sun looking at a sprite face to face. The front of the sprite will be lighter while the back of the sprite would be darker.

True, it does make some sprites more realistic but it actually gives in detail. Sprites without shading are mostly critiqued.

Theres different types of shading so look at them all if you can and prefer which one you want to do

thats what i said with more detail lol